Low/Negative Expression of PDGFR-α Identifies the Candidate Primary Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Adult Human Bone Marrow

Human bone marrow (BM) contains a rare population of nonhematopoietic mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), which are of central importance for the hematopoietic microenvironment. However, the precise phenotypic definition of these cells in adult BM has not yet been reported. In this study, we show that...

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Main Authors: Hongzhe Li, Roshanak Ghazanfari, Dimitra Zacharaki, Nicholas Ditzel, Joan Isern, Marja Ekblom, Simón Méndez-Ferrer, Moustapha Kassem, Stefan Scheding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Stem Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213671114003038